August 16, 2014

Cuberdons

At the weekly neighborhood market, I witnessed the Cuberdon revival. 
In Dutch it is known as "a neus (nose), in French, chapeau-de-curé and chapeau-de-prêtre (priest's hat).  According to tradition, the recipe of the cuberdon was discovered by chance by the Ghent pharmacist De Vynck in 1873. In order to increase the shelf life of drugs at the time, many were packaged in the form of syrup. When the pharmacist examined a failed preparation after a few days, he found that it had formed a crust, while the core was still liquid. From this discovery came the idea to use such a technique to manufacture candy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuberdon

8 comments:

  1. Ze zijn zo lekker zeg ik altijd tegen de dokter als hij klaagt over mijn suiker....

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  2. I'll ask the family to look out for these...

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  3. Je mocht toch proeven, Anni, in ruil voor de fotootjes !
    Lie(f)s.

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  4. Et pour les flamands la même chose? In Gent wordt je ten minste in alle talen bediend als je cuberdons wil kopen :p...

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  5. Bonjour, pouvez-vous prendre contact avec moi svp ? cela concerne les droits à l'image. Merci.
    Michael Gilson - Le Roi du Cuberdon
    0479/22.62.15

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